2017 DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT mentioned user, whereupon the Registrar shall without delay block the use of any digital signature or password of that user for the purposes of accessing the registry. 95 Production and retention of documents Where any provision of this Act prescribes or requires that documents, records, information or the like should be retained for a specific period, that requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied by a registered user if such documents, records, information or the like are so retained in electronic form that- 96 (a) the information contained therein remains accessible so as to be subsequently usable; and (b) the electronic record is retained in the format in which it was originally generated, sent or received or in a format which can be demonstrated to represent accurately the information originally generated, sent or received; and (c) the details which will facilitate the identity of the origin, destination, date and time of dispatch or receipt of such electronic record are available in the electronic record. Sending and receipt of electronic communications (1) An electronic communication through the electronic registry or the record of such communication shall be attributed totheoriginator- (a) if it was sent by the originator; or (b) if it was sent by a person who had the authority to act on behalf of the originator in respect of that communication or record; or (c) if it was sent by a computer system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operate automatically. (2) Where the Registrar and a registered user have not agreed that an acknowledgment of receipt of electronic communication be given in any particular form or by any particular method, an acknowledgement may be given by(a) any communication by the Registrar, electronic or otherwise; or (b) conduct by the Registrar or any officer sufficient to indicate to the registered user that the electronic communication has been received. (3) Where the Registrar and the registered user have agreed that an electronic communication shall be binding only on the receipt of an acknowledgement of such electronic communication, then, unless such acknowledgement has been so received within such time as agreed upon, such electronic communication shall be deemed not to have been sent. (4) As between the electronic registry and any other computer system of a registered user, the lodgement of an electronic communication occurs when it enters acomputersystem outside the control of the originator. (5) The time of receipt of an electronic communication shall be the time whery the electronic communication enters the computer(a) where the electronic communication is by a registered user, at any office of the Deeds Registry, or to the Registrar, to 139 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw; website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. No.8